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Monday, January 21, 2013

Freebie - French Quick Response Slips

Happy Manic Monday! I've got a little freebie for you today, that I used last year as a bit of an incentive for students to be on time & settled in, which worked well thanks to the help of YouTube, and other online sources. Think "Bellwork" but with a visual twist.

(Note: I don't recommend trying this if you're on a cart. It needs to be set up before the students arrive since the idea is to get them settled in & capture their interest.)

I would show a short (30 second to 3 minute) video clip or display an interesting French image. Then I'd ask a fairly simple question either based on the visual or inspired by it. (Often they would be personal questions with no real wrong answer... to promote the idea that effort = success.)

Since I felt a little guilty about using so much paper for my seven and a half classes, to be a little bit more "green", I used our Risograph machine and copied high volumes on the back of "GOOS" paper. (That's what we call paper that's already been used, but on one side only - aka Good On One Side instead of the less cool-sounding "scrap paper")

You could also use this freebie as an exit ticket related to a more content-specific question or to have students ask a clarifying question which could be part of the review next period.

In a food or travel unit - or ust for fun - you could use the Steve Martin clip from Pink Panther! (I used it as a fun little minds on activity with Au Casse-Croûte unit!) It's about three minutes long.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=fvwp&v=uvpikUEIaLI&NR=1

or this one:http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=U1P_Nfj_ozo&feature=fvwp